He knows Pokémon better than me.

However, Magua reacted quickly; since he had fallen, he simply pounced on him.

"Use high temperature and heavy pressure!!"

On the ground, Giant Coal Mountain's entire body instantly turned bright red, and it lunged at the Thunder King Kong beside it.

The hot wind blew against his face, and even the King Kong was forced to squint and look away from the heat.

"Quickly use acrobatics to dodge it!"

Upon hearing Hep's command, it immediately narrowed its eyes, its body surface covered with agile blue-white light, and it rolled backward on the ground to create distance.

Despite its large and imposing size, it is remarkably agile, seemingly still in the mischievous state of its early days as a gibberish monkey.

On grassy fields, the damage from shock-inducing moves like earthquakes and stomp is halved.

"In that case, use 100,000 horsepower!!"

However, these direct ground attacks are unaffected by grassy terrain.

"We use high temperature and heavy pressure!"

On the other side, the fiery red glow around Giant Coal Mountain had not yet dissipated as it roared and charged forward, colliding head-on in the center of the arena.

Clang!

In terms of strength, the Thunder King Kong Ape was actually superior, unleashing 100,000 horsepower and forcefully ramming the Giant Coal Mountain, sending it flying backward.

He looked disheveled, and the pile of coal on his back was shaking as if it would collapse at any moment.

In this battle, Giant Coal Mountain found itself at a huge disadvantage.

"This guy is amazing!"

Magua pushed up his glasses. The last challenger this strong was that cool-looking girl.

"In that case, come back, Giant Coal Mountain!"

He suddenly recalled Coalossal into the Poké Ball, pressed the Max Sash, and the Poké Ball rapidly expanded.

This opening move elicited thunderous cheers from the entire audience, finally bringing us to the climax of the day!
The entire stadium was even filled with rousing background music, which effectively ignited the audience's excitement.

boom!
When the Poké Ball was opened again, Coalossal had transformed into a massive entity resembling a small mountain. Unlike the structure of Golem, its entire body resembled a giant black furnace.

The top resembles a volcano crater, with reddish-brown lava constantly flowing down.

The temperature in the stadium suddenly rose—

Legend has it that when a great cold wave swept through the Galar region in ancient times, the Coal Mountain transformed into a giant furnace to provide warmth and save countless lives.

Hep raised his hand to shield himself from the hot wind.

"In that case, let's go too!!"

He didn't back down either, recalling Raptor and activating his Dynamax form.
No, it's Gigantamax!
His Rumble Gorilla drank Max Soup from Yaro when he challenged Grass Road Town.

boom!
As his Poké Ball opened, Rillaboom's appearance changed even more—

The main body itself did not become extremely large, but the wooden stake in front of it was more than ten meters high, and trees grew on both sides, forming discs resembling gongs and drums that surrounded it.

It even sprouted four extra grass-green vine arms, each gripping a drumstick, and moved with remarkable agility.
He became a band drummer!
"Is this the Gigantamax Thunder King Kong?"

Xiao Zhi marveled.

The latter even spontaneously started playing drums and gongs to match the rousing background music playing in the arena, adding fuel to the already high-energy atmosphere!

"By the way, the main body hasn't gotten any bigger."

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then seemed to have discovered a blind spot—

Normal Gigantamaxing simply means the body expands and becomes larger, but the Galar starter Pokémon are different.

When Cinderace Gigantamaxes, the larger part is the golden fireball beneath it; its main body doesn't expand as much. The same is true for Rillaboom; the larger parts are the wooden stakes and drum set around it.

I wonder if the final three Water-type starter Pokémon will follow this pattern after Gigantamaxing.

Ash shook his head; the focus now was on the Gigantamax characters offstage. This was going to be interesting!
When you enter Gigantamax form, the first thing to do is to unleash a set of Gigantamax moves!

"Giant Coal Mine, erupt with Gigantamax Firestone!!"

"Gorilla, let's join in! Let's unleash Gigantamax Rampage!!"

The two shouted the command at the same time.

The furnace-like body of Gigantamax Coal Mine trembled, and its top erupted like a volcanic eruption, spewing out countless reddish-brown rocks that rained down from the sky and crashed down on the target.

On the other side, the Thunder King Kong was frantically banging on the wooden drum set in front of him.

Not only their hands, but also their four extended arms made of vines and grass gripped the drumsticks, creating a six-handed drumming performance!
Thump thump thump—!

The rapid and high-pitched sound of gongs and drums rang out continuously, the earth began to tremble, and then countless thick and huge tree roots broke through the soil and rushed madly toward the target.

"A volcanic eruption on one side, and crazy plants on the other...?"

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin and offered a sharp comment.

Unfortunately, Coalossal's Gigantamax Flamethrower, despite spewing out red rocks, is a pure Rock-type move and therefore does not counter Rillaboom.

Both of their Gigantamax moves deal double damage to each other.

Boom!!
Boom!!
The next moment, a massive explosion erupted simultaneously from both ends of the arena, and Giant Coal Mountain's figure was strangled and entangled by countless vines.

On the other side, the Thunder King Kong was also bombarded and buried by the volcanic rocks flying everywhere.

"Giant charcoal.!"

"Boom!"

Both of them cried out in pain, letting out low growls.

The battles involving Dynamax units are undeniably spectacular, thrilling and exhilarating to watch.
Tactically, however, the previous head-to-head confrontation was gone, leaving only a full-force attack without any reservations.

"Giant Coal Mine, use Max Fireball!!"

Maga quickly changed tactics, and Gigantamax Coalossal began to condense a huge fireball in front of him, with hot winds raging.

However, the weaknesses of Giant Coal Mountain are even more fatal.

Hep smiled confidently and began to speak:

"We will use an extremely large amount of land!"

The thunderous gorilla pounded the drums again, and the earth trembled violently—

Grassy terrain reduces the damage from earthquakes and tremors, but the destructive power of Dynamax moves cannot be limited by terrain.

Boom!
The next second, a huge fireball struck the Thunder King Kong with a deafening roar, and flames erupted and exploded, creating an exaggerated fire explosion at one end of the arena.

The effect is outstanding!

Similarly, the earth trembled and cracked, and the powerful seismic waves spread all the way to Giant Coal Mountain. The attack from underground also blasted violently at the base of Giant Coal Mountain!

Four times the restraint, remarkable results!!
The actual performance reflected this; the Thunder King Kong, along with all its "equipment," retreated several meters, its body bearing numerous scorch marks, but it barely withstood the attack.

The situation is not so good for Gigantamax Coalossal.

The entire furnace collapsed with a crash, the reddish-brown lava flowing all over the ground, obscuring the facial expression.

Before it could even unleash its third Dynamax move, Gigantamax Coalossal was suddenly enveloped in a pinkish-purple glow, its body rapidly shrinking as if being shrunk! (End of Chapter)